Can be bothered to look for it now, but I am sure that the head sportswriter on the Adver's Twitter bio suggests he is a freelancer?
I don't know for sure, but I'd imagine to compensate for the abysmal pay, benefits and overtime he's allowed to freelance for other organisations.
Local print media as we know it is dying a very slow, very painful death, drawn out by all concerned. The model needs to change.